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The Scottish First Minister is keen to stress that most lockdown measures are decided by the UK's devolved governments – so any relaxation of the measures announced by the Prime Minister this weekend will only apply to England.

During her daily briefing on Friday, the First Minister said: “I would remind people, when the Prime Minister speaks on Sunday, these restrictions are in place separately in all four nations of the UK.

“We all have our own legal responsibility to review them and keep them under review. Apart from on clearly reserved matters like border control, what the Prime Minister announces in terms of easing up of restrictions will be for England.

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“I would expect the changes, if there are any variations between us, to be minor at this stage and I’ll talk more in detail about that when I see what he’s going to announce.

“We are where we are right now and I want us to move on and move forward on a collaborative basis.”

She added: "There is now a recognition that the UK may not go at the same pace throughout all of this, but that doesn't mean that we won't co-ordinate our messaging.

"I would anticipate that in the immediate term, as in Sunday into Monday, and differences will be quite minor, but we’ll see what the Prime Minister announces. I wouldn’t anticipate a radical departure in the immediate term.”

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